Some references say that the game had been introduced in 1880, at the English High School by Henry Castle Ayre,[3] born in Bedminster in March 1852.

CURCC and Albion are some examples of clubs established by British immigrants to South America.

[9][10] Uruguay is a country with a population that does not exceed more than three and a half million,[11] and features a large concentration of professional football teams in the city of Montevideo.

Matches between Peñarol and Nacional are termed the Uruguayan Clásico, the longest running football derby outside Great Britain.

In the 2015–16 Uruguayan Primera División season, only two clubs, Plaza Colonia and Juventud de Las Piedras, came from outside the capital.

As of 2023, Colonia, Maldonado and Cerro Largo are the only departments that are represented in Uruguay's First Division.

Its debut was in the Plaza de deportes en La Unión, which finished with a defeat scoring 1-0, but they did not give up themselves and it managed to turn itself a great club of the Uruguayan football.

Forlán had a successful career in Spain with Atlético Madrid, where he won both the European Golden Shoe and Pichichi Trophy twice.

Suárez has had a successful career in England (with Liverpool) and Spain (with Barcelona), where he won the European Golden Shoe twice and the Pichichi Trophy.

Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930, defeating fierce rivals Argentina in the final.